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Aylward, Ronald C.; Cronjé, Johannes C. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
The pedagogical paradigms of Direct instruction (behaviorism/objectivism) and Constructivism are often seen as opposing paradigms at the ends of an instructional design continuum. Unfortunately, this view makes the two approaches mutually exclusive. Designers must use the one at the expense of the other. A previous study proposed that the two…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Behaviorism, Constructivism (Learning), Mastery Learning
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Magliaro, Susan G.; Lockee, Barbara B.; Burton, John K. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005
Rooted in behavioral theory, particularly the radical or selectivist behaviorism of B.F. Skinner (1953, 1954, 1966, 1968, 1974), the direct instruction (DI) approach to teaching is now well into its third decade of influencing curriculum, instruction, and research. It is also in its third decade of controversy. Our purpose is to present the DI…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Instructional Design